Precipice is written for those interested in the changing healthcare landscape, particularly those working in family medicine departments.  Precipice describes tough problems the University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine has recently approached and how capabilities have been pushed to the edge of the comfort zone on several issues.  The publication is also an invitation for a collective discussion on these ideas, so that primary healthcare providers, especially in the field of family medicine, can be equipped to handle the most challenging and most rewarding opportunities that may present.